The Litigation Clinic: Board of Directors – An Overview

03/01/2017

Al Tamimi & Company in collaboration with the GCC Board Directors Institute, was delighted to host its fourth in the Litigation Clinics series on 19 September in its DIFC offices. The clinic will be facilitated by Jane Valls, Executive Director, GCC Board of Directors Institute, Gary Watts, Partner & Regional Head of Corporate Commercial and Ayen Biar, Senior Associate, Litigation. The seminar addressed the duties and liabilities of the Board of Directors form the litigation and corporate point of view. Jane Valls, the Executive Director of the GCC Board of Directors Institute discussed the corporate governance and the effectiveness of the board. This initiative aims to introduce an informal discussion with our clients. Its objective was to identify common and important litigation issues and to shed some light on the concerns faced during the litigation process, and the court application of the law; and most importantly, how litigation works.